Topic: carver amplifiers ??

[Ed.]

one of the girls that is moving out of the house i'm moving into year got some used stereo equipment gave to her.  she's leaving it cuz she doesn't want it and thought i might like to play with it.  i just took a quick look tonight but there were some misc amps and preamps and a receiver and whatnot...they were all Carver.  i didn't get any exact serial numbers but is this stuff any good.  i don't know exactly how old it is, but it doesn't look that old.  i looked up carver stuff on the net and didn't find too much, just saw that most of the stuff is pricey.  there were also some polk audio speakers.

is this stuff any good?  worth saving or even looking further into?

[cheshirecat]

grab the model numbers and point yourself over to www.audioasylum.com  do a quick search and you'll see pretty quickly whats good and whats not... throw the rest up on ebay.

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

Carver does make some very nice gear.  Depending on what you have, you might have scored.

[Ed.]

hmm, after getting the serial numbers and looking up all the stuff...i'd say its all worth about $2-$3k roughly - however, i don't know if any of it works.  gonna have to wait till i move in to test it out...but damn, not bad for getting all the stuff for free.

what was actually over there...

Polk CS100 center speaker
Polk Monitor Series M3 monitors
Polk Real Time Array Series RTA-BTL stereo speakers
Velodyne V-1012-B sub
Yamaha MX-M70 mono amp
Adcom Digital GDD-1
Lexicon CP-3 THX surround sound processor
Carver TFM-6CB (there were two of these)
Carver TFM-15 Power amp
Carver Sonic Holography Preamp C-5

[JeffK]

Yeah, I'd say that's a pretty good score!  If you don't want the stuff, you can ship it to me and I'll find a use for it

[Tim]

nice find!

[Ed.]

now i just have to figure out how to hook them up to my receiver.  there aren't any manuals.  i'm gonna have to go line out or i'll fry the amps...but i don't think my receiver (onkyo HTS760) has line outs on it.

i've never gotten this far in home audio and i have no idea what i'm doing

[BC]

now i just have to figure out how to hook them up to my receiver.  there aren't any manuals.  i'm gonna have to go line out or i'll fry the amps...but i don't think my receiver (onkyo HTS760) has line outs on it.

i've never gotten this far in home audio and i have no idea what i'm doing

You could replace the receiver with the Carver Sonic Holography Preamp C-5??

[Ed.]

+t...i will look into that.  have two stereo's in the living room...sounds like fun.

[Nick's Picks]

+t...i will look into that.  have two stereo's in the living room...sounds like fun.

na, ...ditch your old reciever and stick w/your new carver surround system!
now, you have a garage stereo (or basement..bedroom..etc) as a home for your old stuff.
+T for dumb luck!

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

that's a huge score.  You are going to be happy when you get that dailed in. 

[Ed.]

nice!

i'll probably be coming back here often with lots of other dumb questions.  i've never even checked out quality stereo equipment cuz i can't afford it...but i'm really looking forward to messing around with this stuff.  i move in on august 1st and at the moment, it can't come fast enuf.

[Mojowill]

lucky bastard

[1st set only]

I have a carver sonic hologram generator i think it is a C-4
it was given to me. ithink carver is ment for gifts.

[Ed.]

well, i tried setting this all up when i moved in...ends up the preamplifier doesn't work, the amps still seem to work tho, but i can't tell being the fact that i have nothing to plug them into after the fact.  also, half the speakers work, and the others ones sound horrible.  so my excitement has dwindled a bit.  i'm thinking i might sell the stuff that does work, or at least seems to work properly cuz i don't have the money to fix up the preamp to run stuff thru.  only now, i have a question...

i can't run the amps with my normal receiver, cuz it doesn't have line-out to run to the amps, so i'd end up blowing the amps.  could i use my computers line out and have the computer be the "receiver"?  it wouldn't be powered, so it shouldn't do any damage to amps, right?

[Ed.]

awesome moke +t

i followed suit and set up the same arangement this morning...so far it sounds nice.

[Ed.]

i might be stupid for doing this, but with my current setup i can't really enjoy these and the few broken things i can't really afford to get fixed.  I was thinking maybe i should sell them and try to put the money towards a v3 which i could definitely enjoy a lot more.  however, i have no idea how much any of this stuff costs, nor how much its worth nowadays.  I was helping some of you guys could help me out with prices before i put them up on ebay.

Polk CS100 center speaker - seems to work perfectly.

Polk Monitor Series M3 monitors - one speaker doesn't work, the other one sounds like ass, so i figured maybe i could sell them for parts.

Polk Real Time Array Series RTA-BTL stereo speakers - i'm keeping these.

Velodyne V-1012-B sub - seems to work perfectly, however the power button is broken and you just have to hit this little button.  the speaker box was also a little moldy, but was easily wiped off.

Yamaha MX-M70 mono amp - never tried this.

Adcom Digital GDD-1 - turns on just fine, but i don't have any of the proper cables to to actually test it.

Lexicon CP-3 THX surround sound processor - also turns on fine, but i don't have any cables to test it.

Carver TFM-6C - sounds ok, but when you move the gain/volume knobs theres static.

Carver TFM-6CB - sounds great, works great.

Carver TFM-15 Power amp - sounds great, works great.  only on the front there are analog needles for the levels, which look really cool, only they're stuck in one position.

Carver Sonic Holography Preamp C-5 - missing the power button and it doesn't turn on.  I'd imagine if spent a little bit of money on having this fixed, this whole system would be really nice, but i just don't have the money or the time.

all of stuff is in good condition, with minor cosmetic things here and there, but they've been sitting in a basement for quite sometime.